The talismanArchibald Constable and Company, 1825 - 216 páginas |
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... Nec- tabanus the homage due to his dignity ? Or is it pos- sible that thou canst have forgotten him ? " 66 " Great Nectabanus , " answered the knight , willing to sooth the creature's humour , " that were difficult for any one who has ...
... Nec- tabanus the homage due to his dignity ? Or is it pos- sible that thou canst have forgotten him ? " 66 " Great Nectabanus , " answered the knight , willing to sooth the creature's humour , " that were difficult for any one who has ...
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... Nectabanus . Tell me at once , and as a true man , whether this sublime lady , of whom thou speakest , be other than the houri with whose assistance I beheld thee sweeping the cha- pel at Engaddi ? " " How ! presumptuous knight ...
... Nectabanus . Tell me at once , and as a true man , whether this sublime lady , of whom thou speakest , be other than the houri with whose assistance I beheld thee sweeping the cha- pel at Engaddi ? " " How ! presumptuous knight ...
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... Nectabanus - bethink thyself , " said the knight- " Can my lady know where and upon what duty I am this night engaged ? -Is she aware that my life - Pshaw , why should I speak of life - but that my honour depends on my guarding this ...
... Nectabanus - bethink thyself , " said the knight- " Can my lady know where and upon what duty I am this night engaged ? -Is she aware that my life - Pshaw , why should I speak of life - but that my honour depends on my guarding this ...
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... Nectabanus , in his flighty man- ner ; " what call you time ? I see it not - I feel it not it is but a shadowy name - a succession of breathings measured forth by night by the clank of a bell , by day by a shadow crossing along a dial ...
... Nectabanus , in his flighty man- ner ; " what call you time ? I see it not - I feel it not it is but a shadowy name - a succession of breathings measured forth by night by the clank of a bell , by day by a shadow crossing along a dial ...
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... Nectabanus , I con- jure thee once more to say , are you to conduct me far from hence ? " " But to yonder pavilion , and since you must needs know , " replied Nectabanus , " the moon is glimmer- ing on the gilded ball which crowns its ...
... Nectabanus , I con- jure thee once more to say , are you to conduct me far from hence ? " " But to yonder pavilion , and since you must needs know , " replied Nectabanus , " the moon is glimmer- ing on the gilded ball which crowns its ...
Términos y frases comunes
answered Arab Arch-Duke Archbishop of Tyre arms attendants Austria banner of England Berengaria betwixt Blondel blood brave brother Calista camp chivalry Christendom Christian Cœur de Lion combat command Conrade of Montserrat cousin crusade death desert dishonour Duke Duke of Austria dwarf Earl of Huntingdon Edith Plantagenet Engaddi exclaimed eyes fair faith fear Gilsland Grace Grand Master Hakim hand hath head heard heart Heaven hermit holy honour horse hound Ilderim infidel King of England King Richard kinswoman Lady Edith lance Leopard Leopold liege look lord marabout Marquis of Montserrat methinks monarch Nectabanus Neville noble Nubian pavilion physician pleasure present princes replied Richard Plantagenet royal sage Saint George Saladin Saracen Scot seemed shalt silence Sir Kenneth slave Soldan speak spoke spruch-sprecher stood sword Templar tent thine Thomas de Vaux thou art thou hast thyself tion tone turban turned voice words wounded yonder
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Página 130 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.